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71 BOBCAT
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The X Factor

Posted: 2/10/2013 8:03:15 AM

Is TJ Hall becoming our X factor just as we approach tournament time?
He is certainly coming on strong.
He can shoot the 3 as well as take it to the hoop.
Yes, he could be that all important X factor.

GO BOBCATS

Hooligan
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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/10/2013 11:00:11 AM

I agree. If he can manage his fouls he will be more than valuable as the season progresses.

bobcat2nc
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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/10/2013 11:29:53 AM

It seems to me that the X-Factor is going to be the Bobcats being able to keep their heads when every team is trying to do anything it can to take our game from us. We click when DJ is dropping dimes. The best way teams have found to stop that is play more physical off the ball, thus keeping players from being able to get to or catch passes from DJ, The physical play is pushed to the limits every game.

Yesterday, against BG, the refs let the game get our of control before reeling it in. The X-Factor for the Bobcats was (and has been) finding different ways to combat the defensive strategies thrown up against them. This certainly includes TJ, Smith, and Johnson at times.

Also, I like the play of Stevie to spell DJ. It is really nice to know that DJ can get a rest before the scheduled time outs and can sit out at the end of the game when the chippiness is at its highest.

IMHO the X-Factor is not one player but the fact that any one player can do something to turn the game in OUr favor.

OUVan
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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/11/2013 10:19:02 AM

We usually have one guy play well off bench. On Saturday however our entire bench played well. Hall stuck out because he was so aggressive but Johnson and Taylor also played well. That was the best job of creating I'd seen from Stevie in quite some time.

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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/11/2013 11:39:25 AM

I think it's Walt's consistency making threes that is the X factor. We are very dangerous when he does.

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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/11/2013 11:39:44 AM

But TJ is a great addition to the rotation and probably won us the Buffalo game in the semis.

Last Edited: 2/11/2013 11:40:04 AM by ab54

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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/11/2013 11:48:59 AM

I think our X-factor can be anyone. We have such a deep and talented bench that if one person isn't having a good day we can easily replace him. Cooper - Taylor, Kellogg - Wilkins/Johnson, Offut - Hall, Baltic - Hall/Smith, Keely - Smith/Green. Also, Green can be a force for rebounding if he can control his foul troubles.

X-factor we can win almost any game if we learn how to play against the zone and rebound.

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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/11/2013 12:47:32 PM

ab54 wrote:

I think it's Walt's consistency making threes that is the X factor. We are very dangerous when he does.

When Walt can penetrate, and take it to the bucket, I think that might be even more important contribution from him. I know I'm splitting hairs on this one a little.

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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/11/2013 1:13:12 PM

DJ is OUr everything. And that includes being the X factor. This is DJ's team as it has always been and he steps it up come tournament time. Regular season bobcat basketball is much different than post season bobcat basketball. Just a little stat to back that up: this regular season DJ averages 10 field goal attempts per game. In the 6 post season games last year he averaged 14.5. Walt smacking 3's and slashing, Ivo hitting his mid range jumpers, and TJ doing a little bit of everything are all key to us playing our best ball. But none of those factors have nearly as much impact on a game than everything DJ does. Maybe these are X factors but they are X factors that are limited to the regular season. DJ and Walt will play nearly the entire game and every possession will be given 100% effort. Loses to Winthrop don't happen when played with a postseason mind set. Then why don't we play that way every game? It's impossible. It's too draining to go through a year like that and that is why we seem like a completely different bunch come March. This "X factor" talk is meaningless at this months end and finally we get to watch arguably the greatest bobcat ever perform at his highest capability and hopefully give us one last magic run as we say goodbye to DJ Cooper. Go cats

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RE: The X Factor

Posted: 2/11/2013 2:47:43 PM

I think I would go in a different direction and say it's Reggie Keely. Let's face it, when it comes to low-block scoring options, who else do we have? When he is a force down low, that takes a lot of pressure off the perimeter shooters. Post scoring in basketball feels like running the football to me. If you can score down low consistently, it's as demoralizing to an opponent as cramming the football down someone's throat. I think this team has really improved since Big Reg got in the starting lineup, and hopefully in the next two matchups against Akron, he can put some pressure on Zeke and possibly get him in some foul trouble. Without Reggie we're basically a perimeter shooting team on the offensive end, and when those shots aren't falling we can be in deep trouble.

I'd put Nick Kellogg in as my 2nd X Factor just because his shooting has been so streaky. If he gets hot, he can lead us in scoring on any night and looks like he will never miss another look.

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